This document describes the replication files associated with the following paper:
Hikaru Nuku, Hirofumi Miwa, and Yoshikuni Ono. “Preferences for Female Successors: Evidence from a Survey Experiment among Japanese Local Politicians.” Electoral Studies.

Contained Files:

replication_code.R: R script to replicate the analyses presented in the study.
replication_data.csv: Dataset used for replication.
codebook.pdf: Documentation for the variables included in the CSV file.

Additional Notes:

To preserve respondent anonymity, we do not release raw data on age, years in office, the proportion of the population residing in densely inhabited districts (urbanization rate), or the average district magnitude of each municipality. Consequently, the replication code does not reproduce the following tables and figures that rely on these variables: Tables A1 (partially replicable), A5, A6, and A7; Figures 4, 5, A1 (partially replicable), A5, A6, and A7. Instead, coarsened versions of these variables are included in the replication dataset. We have verified that using these coarsened variables yields results that are substantively equivalent to those based on the original data (see Online Appendix H). Additionally, the row order of the dataset has been intentionally randomized prior to release to prevent any potential identification of respondents through ordering information.

All data analyses in this paper were carried out using R version 4.3.3 and the following packages: dichromat 2.0–0.1 and estimatr 1.0.2.

For any questions or concerns regarding these files, please contact Hirofumi Miwa.